Monday, February 28, 2005

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Sometimes, i really wonder if i'm ever gonna find a guy whom i can love for a lifetime and vice versa. a lifetime! we're talking about half a century or so. But i believe any relationship build on the foundation of God can flourish and sustain. aiyo why am i even talking about this.

I think some ppl have wondered why i can smile and laugh everyday. It's the JOY of the Lord i must say. It's knowing that God is with you, so there's really nothing much to worry about. But of cos that doesn't mean i don't have my own set of problems, it's just that when your mind is focused on God, all things will become shadow in the light of God. Everyday is an adventure with God, He'll take u places you've nv been and show u things you've nv seen. How exciting! =)

So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.
Deuteronomy 8:3


U know what feels good? It is to hit a mosquito flat. And true enough, u don't have to be someone significant to significant things. Look at the mosquitoes.. they are small yet can cause drastic reactions in us.. and instill a sadistic feeling in our minds. Oh no, this is such a lousy example.. can't help it.. feeling itchy now.. haha.. killed 3 in 2 days. how wonderful. HAha.. okie lame entry. gdnite.

Saturday, February 26, 2005

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Today! i had a very very fun time at sentosa!! super fun. really enjoyed myself. me and cai first went to siloso beach and sun tanned at the bridge. So we just laid there with our feet soaked in the water.. So relaxing.. haha.. funny then some ah neis came over and took pictures with us.. apparently we weren't interested but obliged anyway, reluctantly. One wanted to sit in btw us, of cos my natural reaction was to answer NO. They kept taking till i got fed up (cos they kept saying that was going to be the last and i wonder what was their definition of last) and i said enough. firmly of cos (wah aileen sia.. =P) NO MERCY. hahahaha.. but of cos that wasn't the fun part. after that, we went away to find darryl and you yi at palawan. they were with their grp of friends and i joined them for volleyball!! it was so fun. it's been so long since i played vball. miss it.. we played till we couldn't see the ball. went for dinner after that. Both of us were the youngest among them so there was kind of a generation gap thingy. So the topics they talked about didn't really appealed to us haha.. Serious! most of them are above 25.. so we were like 2 gin nas.. haha but nevertheless we all had an enjoyable day. =) I'm like a cooked lobster now.. haha.. rare sight for a hantu.

oh ya i learnt sth today from a well-built guy.
Protein powder + egg white + milk + gym = prominent muscles
Warning: the milk mixture is not tasty.

Anyway, today i was kind of sad when i received the msg that i won't be singing as a choir tmr as i have been anticipating for this day.. think cos of Pst ulf.. But i feel it's appropriate la since i'm a newbie. I told damian about this and he was so encouraging. aiyo. He told me to be a light among the audience and that i can be a choir member in the crowd too! solid la.. so edifying. =)

To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven
Ecclesiastes 3:1

Thursday, February 24, 2005

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I was standing
With hands lifted
I closed my eyes
A drop of tear fell

I wasn't sad
I wasn't lonely
It was God who
came right from heaven
to touch the insignificant aileen

I am God's child
I feel honoured
Satan can't harm me
I have God's protection
And under His wings
I will dwell

Conference today was great as usual. I walked out of the auditorium feeling stronger than ytd, going from glory to glory. I learnt about humility, and the opposite, pride. God HATES pride the most. That is also the reason why Lucifer fell and Eve died. Contrary to popular belief, humble people are actually strong and firm. They know who they are, and do not have to constantly prove themselves and show the world what they have got. Have u seen boastful people? They may appear strong but deep inside, there lies fears. Fear of rejection, fear of failure, fear of loneliness and whatever fear there is. Humility is to rest on something bigger and not by your own strength. God the Almighty, is there for me, why should i lean on my own tiny puny strength? That's kind of silly i feel. If i were to choose between 1 million dollars and 1 buck common sense will tell me to choose the former. I think we don't even need a common sense for that. But so many times i've acted silly and chose the latter. Time to wake up, aileen.

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble." Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
1 Peter 5:5-6

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Pastor Ulf's conference was superb. Everyone felt that it was a message specially meant for us. It was about friendship. I was so captivated throughout as the msg came just at the right time for me.. My classmate whom i mentioned previously (the one who screams and bosses ard) had a talk with me and my civics tutor this afternoon. She poured her heart out. So all the 10 yrs of her life, she doesn't have any close friends. Not even one. She was/is very insecuring, always doubting the friendships she had. She expected her friends to show the same level of love and concern that she gave them. She expected them to be there for her 24/7. She wanted people to think like her. To put it bluntly, she wanted people to live the way she wanted them to live. While she was talking, the word 'dictatorship' kept coming across my mind. Ms Yew and I told her our views about certain things, i don't know if she actually listened and absorbed, but she kept talking about what she thought about this and that. So i told her if she is not being open to other's perspectives then there was no point for us to talk. She insisted she was being open. Okie.... and she went on to talk about her family.. relatives.. blabla. So we just listened. now come the shocking thing. She told us she considered me as her good friend. i was like 'what?!' (in my mind of cos) i seriously donno if i should be happy or sad. So i just smiled. Speechless. Part of me felt that i was such a meanie for treating her the way i treated her and yet was still her good friend in her eyes.. but the feeling i felt when she said that was undescribable. I didn't know what feeling i felt then.. but anyway after the talk, she had a part of me and i had a part of her and i felt i understood her better and thus can accept her better.

Pst Ulf's msg hit me like a bullet thru a bull's eye. I learnt that:
- loneliness tortures people more than anything else.
She feels lonely. I want to be the light that shines in her life and make a positive influence in her.
- if you want to have a friend, be a friend.
Don't expect people to come to you and befriend u.
- friends sees right through you and still love you
I like it when my friends corrects me when i'm wrong, that only shows that they care.
I hope that by talking to her just now, she will feel the same.
- Love people and use things. Not vice versa.
- Friendship is an atmosphere of relaxation.
Friends don't compete with each other... They encourage and strengthen each other's weaknesses.
- If you're in it, you might as well enjoy it!
We may meet difficult people at times or go thru a valley, all these are inevitable so instead of complaining and be whiney, enjoy it! look at the brighter side of situations. It's all in the mind. (sounds cliche right. =P)

Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
Philippians 2:3-4

Monday, February 21, 2005

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They may laugh and mock
But i don't really care
I'm not living for them
I have a goal, a vision
Fuelled by God's strength
I move forth

There will be obstacles
I may stumble and fall
but that'll only make me stronger
I am not afraid
for God is with me
even to the end of time


Friday, February 18, 2005

today our class practised twisting balloons for tmr's love fiesta.. I made a distorted flower after a few ah!s and erkk!s haha.. but still sellable i think. =P HOpefully sales will be good tmr. The profit is really a lot. Haha.. hundred folds. HAha..

Anyway, have u ever met someone who kicks people ard.. who shouts at people... who bosses ard..? My tolerance level is not that high towards ppl like that.. For instance, this afternoon one of my classmates went about doing that, which is not seldom, while we were practising on the balloons.. she showed totally no respect for the rest and commanded/demanded them to do what she said.. Some of them were playing with the small cute balloons and she just screamed at them to stop playing. I mean.. who does she think she is..
Me: Do u have to scream?
She: I wasn't screaming
Me: then what?
She: *speechless*
Now she has a bad reputation in class.. I have sort of hinted her about that but i think she didn't catch it.. still trying to pluck up my courage to tell her and maybe correct her.. she's so unpredictable and may just scream at me as well.. who knows. Oh well.. On a higher note, she can be nice sometimes.

eh my class was very sweet to me! During chinese lesson, 2 days ago, they suddenly sang me a bday song in english then mandarin! HEhehehe.. I was surprised + touched. I went to sch that morning without even expecting any of my classmates to know that it was my bday.. Aiyooo.. 2 gave me this hp accessory thingy with my name.. and the next day i received this card which the class wrote their wishes on and one girl made my name using wires. aiyo...... exceeded what i even think or imagined. haha.. I went to celebrate my bday at kenny roger's (yay!) with all my very nice girlfriends (alice,bird,cai,jean,kailin,sis jl) It was a very sweet day la. Thanks alice for organising everything and turning up despite of yr fever *touched*.. thanks bird for getting those breakthru stuff for me and thanks for the friendship haha.. thanks cai for giving me a day off work LOL.. and thanks for being my precious friend... thanks jean for turning up even though u didn't eat.. =P thanks kailin for your enjoyable company and for inventing new and fresh spoonerism always. Hahaha.. and thanks sis jinlian for turning up despite having a busy schedule and you've been a really gd leader over my life thanks. =) Oh ya, and N256!! My very nice cell grp! Thank you all of you for being the first to celebrate for me and thanks for that sunshine song.. aww... =) And to the rest of my friends, thank you for being part of my life. I feel so blessed. =) Last and never the least,i wanna thank God my saviour, for carrying me thru 18 yrs of ups and downs and for patiently moulding me into the person i am now. can't imagine how my life would turn/end up without God by my side. =)
a big THANK YOU once again. =)

Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Today is a very special date i think. Cos it's giap-ed between my bday and vday.. haha so i always tell ppl i wanna get married on this day so i can have 3 days straight of.. erm.. nice days. =) So maybe in future, this will be my wedding anniversary! =) How exciting. *grins* Anticipating........ =)

Other than that, today was just another normal day.
school->played badminton with yannick n min->read->practised maths->library->read
so nerdy right? *grins*

Jc life can be so mundane sometimes.. Most friends (erm.. schoolmates.) only talk about superficial things.. it seems like everyone is only interested in surviving and getting over days in jc that few actually bother about making sincere friendships. How.. tragic. hahaha.. Nvm la.. thank God for blessing me with very nice friends like min and dai an na and a few guys.. Haha.. =)

Monday, February 14, 2005

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*blink* Oh! it's vday once again. =) Not that i really care.. haha.. But it's kind of sweet la to see almost everyone has a gift or so.. such a lovely day (literally). But i was wondering if this day is actually redundant.. HAha. It's like.. Do u think it's weird for yr bf to treat u exceptionally nice suddenly.. and it's only for one day? haha.. okie la maybe i'm weird to think that way. I donno. Never know. haha.. But of cos sometimes i (secretly) wish that i have someone (special) to spend this day with. oops. haha.. too bad la this yr don have.. so it's just another normal day for me..
school->ran with vick n swee->studied with diana till the sch nearly closed
Ya lor. =)

oh ya CNY was good la. Ate so much. aiyo.. no wonder could only run for 4 rounds today. HAha.. nvm.. tmr running again. Went to a lot of houses to bai nian. So fun haha.. Feel chin na once in a while.. Me and cai went to river angbao! That was my first time there, and first time i heard of that.. haha.. it was so crowded! Didn't regret going though. =) Hardly can experience chin na things.. It was good la. I actually quite like our culture.. Everything seems very exaggerated. haha..

okie la that's all for now.. still got 3 books waiting.. hehe.. *full-fledged nerd* =)

Verse of the day:
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
1 John 4:4

Tuesday, February 08, 2005


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Today was a good day. I woke up feeling so excited about what the day has to offer! =) I had a really good night ytd too. =) I was doing my quiet time and i sang "I can see the glory of the Lord.. falling from heaven falling around me.." and after a while i didn't feel God's presence yet, so i continued singing.. and at the same time yearning for it, wondering when it would come.. and BAM! I felt the overwhelming presence and i just cried instantly. I was SO touched. And i couldn't sing anymore. So i just hummed and cried simultaneously. God really meant what He said, "Draw near to Me, and i will draw near to you." I read the Bible after praying and unknowingly, i fell asleep... And the next morning, sth really UNEXPECTED happened. I woke up suddenly and realised i hadn't switched off the light and i checked the time, it was 6am. i mean.. Aileen woke up by herself at 6am!!! i reckoned it was still early. I switched off the light and went back to sleep. Adjusted my alarm clock (i didn't prepare anything for the next day when i fell asleep) to 6:30. Snoozed till 6:37. Ironed my uniform. Took my breakfast. Went to school. And guess what? this was the earliest morning i reached school so i finally had the chance to stand in btw my class (normally i'm at the back, way back.)

"Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
Matthew 6:25-27

I think God is just so amazing. He works in mysterious ways.. Waking aileen up is just a simple task to Him. God can do things above and beyond our imagination. I think our human minds can't even imagine the magnitude of His magnificence.

Anyway, my father went to fetch me and diana from school and we went to jp. guess what? i met my long-lost friend of 7 yrs!!! I know he's working at 'popular' and i told him i'd pop by some day. Before i went there i was telling diana "how ah.. i donno what to say to him leh.." haha.. he was my pri sch partner back in pri 4 and sth funny happened la. Anyway, those have become very pleasant childhood memories. So when i first saw him i waved. and he looked. He stared at me with a big qn mark above his head like he couldn't recognise me. Haha.. Came over. and we talked. Managed to dig up those moments which were shoved deep inside my mind.. He mentioned faceless names which i simply couldn't recall their existence. It amazes me how friends can just catch up where they left.. =)

later at night, i went with my dad for a short visitation to my grandma's. After that we went to chinatown! It wasn't as crowded as we both expected and the stuff they displayed weren't quite appealing to us. So, aileen + father = food! We went to eat dim sum at ard 11... He told me to order anything i want so i ordered 3 dishes. (1 was sold out) while eating, he asked "huh that's all?" i said 'ya' then he ordered 2 more.. oh my.... Just broken my resolution. I.e, strictly no eating after 11. haha.. as if that was not bad enough.. we went to buy 500g of roasted chestnuts on the way back... so eat again la. haha.. Anyway, my father was wondering why ppl like to buy ba kua only during cny period.. haha.. it's like.. ba kua is available all yr round lor. HAha.. nvm it was just a wild thot. =)

Sunday, February 06, 2005

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I believe each one of us has our own private zone where, if being intruded, will be provoking. It is an area where, preferably, only u can dwell in. Sigh, unfortunately, today, someone poked my bubble. I was really very frustrated. Very. Till the extent that i nearly cried. So i reminded myself not to be a softie.. it was only a minor thing. I told jean n ser n da ren i think.. and they made me laugh so i felt much better. Thanks.. =)

One thing about me is, sometimes i get pek cek (irritated) easily.. like i want everything to go the way i want it.. this is so self-centred and i don't like it.. still trying to change. Sorry if i have offended anyone.. Give me some time okie.. =)

Verses of the day:
You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.
No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.
John 15:14-15

Friday, February 04, 2005

woO.. i think that the lyrics from the song "yu jian" are so beautifully written. *applause*
Here it is, http://mp3.baidu.com/m?f=ms&rn=10&tn=baidump3lyric&ct=150994944&word=%D3%F6%BC%FB&submit=%B0%D9%B6%C8%CB%D1%CB%F7&lm=-1
liu lao shi made us sing this song during chinese period ytd. Erm, it was my first time listening to that and it strongly captured my attention. I think liu lao shi has certainly succeeded in arousing a bit of interest in us for chinese. =) liu lao shi wan sui! ......................

Anyway, today i wasn't very aileen.. i was SO eager to study la. LOL.. very much so. I almost used up all my free time in school to do tutorials.. and i was actually engrossed in doing. Oh my oh my.. One step closer to becoming a nerd. Yay. *grIns*

Waited for diana for her vball training while doing my maths tut. We went for choir prac together! My first choir prac! It was good la! Sis annabelle led us. I like her very much. She has a good voice and very pretty too. We did vocal warm up haha.. and learnt a new song. Sang some gong xi fa cai songs also.. HAha.. oh ya, steph blessed me with aaaaa.... cornetto cookies n cream ice cream!!! *cheers* it was soooo nice lor. Diana bought a magnum. we didn't feel psychologically good after that, though our bodies yearned for more. hAha so we decided to 'walk the ice cream away' LOL! sounded so wrong. but anyway, we walked home from church and sang all the way home. It was good la.. coOling night. =) Nice way to wrap up our day.

Verse of the day:
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
Romans 8:37


Wednesday, February 02, 2005

Today, i took a ride on the emotion rollercoaster.. Something went wrong with my adrenaline.. but anyway.... a few interesting things happened..

1) we watched 'turn left turn right' in the cartoon version during the FOUR periods of chinese. It was sth new so it kept us 'high'. Hmmm.. liu lao shi off the sound and made some of us read the chinese subtitle as the cartoon was played. Wah. I tried and oh my gosh.. apparently i couldn't catch up and they could only hear the first few characters of each sentence.. HAha.. oh well, at least i tried. =)

2) I went with some of my classmates for lunch at westmall! It was good fellowshipping with them. at least now i feel more of a 05s6-ian. Crapped with them and just blended in la. HAha.. sometimes i feel like their da jie jie.. haha.. but i very teng them la. LOL! esp yu su.. Sigh.. shebroke down today.. but so touching.. SHe said she tried to make me join them then i was like.. "am i that dao?!" lol.. okie maybe. haha..

3) went to meet bird then we went to millenia walk's Yoshi. she ate her lunch. we intended to study together.. but after lunch.. both of us just dosed off over there. LOL! We were sleeping soO soundly.. hahaha.. for quite a long time actually.. HAha.. i was so satisfied after i woke up. HAha.. So cai was right la.. i can sleep anywhere and anytime! But i think it's not a gd sign la.. must change.. still trying la.

4) went to carrefour n bought chipsmore. our all-time favourite haha.. we munched on that as we trotted to long john to meet jean, weiwen n engchang.. together, we went to Bible House for bible study. Pst Lilian preached and she was SO fantastic. I really like her. It's like we could relate to everything she said. Presence of God was so strong. I was interrupted by my dad's numerous phonecalls at the beginning, after which i switched off my hp.. and i called him after it ended.. I knew he was going to fetch me, but i didn't know when he called, he was already there waiting.. So he scolded me quite fiercely.. i was shocked becos i didn't expect that.. he told me to go home myself cos he was already at jurong.. sigh.. felt so bad to have him come all the way there and then to go back without me.. wasted his effort.. sigh. he didn't say bye when he cut the call.. sighhh... so my mood took a 180 degrees turn and so i didn't talk much. When steph asked why, i couldn't contain it and just broke down for one minute. Sigh.. After that felt better but still not very aileen.. on my way home, a couple was quarrelling at the garden. the woman was screaming her head off... sigh. reminded of the times my parents used to fight. Anyway.. my dad was coOled down when i reached home and so he didn't say much.. he still asked his standard question "you want to eat anything?" thats him la. Ha.. at least it was peaceful.

P.S: Thanks to all who endured me and still showed me love. =)

Verse of the day:
And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."
Romans 8:28

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

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What a day. I went for my first PE lesson this yr today. Haha.. Zhun zhun we had road run.. Ran outside school.. Longer than i expected ahha.. but thank God i managed to run thruout.. Whole face red la. like ping guo.. Nvm.. this is just the beginning.. still left 27 rounds LOL..

Had a DENTAL appointment at 8 just now... Thank God the dentist was so friendly and gentle.. and the whole ordeal ended much faster than i expected.. Had my tooth filled.. feel better now hehe.. so relieved! =P But it cost 40! xin tong..

Verse of the day:
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7